Airplane Flight

What is Aerodynamics?

• The study of air

• The study of objects

• The study of forces and the resulting motion of objects through the air

• All of the above

Holds the plane down

• lift

• drag

• thrust

• weight

Moves it up

• Weight

• Lift

• Thrust

• Drag

Holds it back

• Drag

• Lift

• Weight

• Thrust

Moves it forward

• Thrust

• Lift

• Weight

• Drag

Airplanes over come their weight through __________.

• Airfoil

• Elevators

• Lift

• Thrust

An air stream moves _________ over a curved surface than it moves over a flat surface.

• Slower

• Faster

• Low

• Higher

The perfect shape for creating lift is an __________.

• Flat object

• Square

• Airfoil

• None of the above

An airplane ___________ comes from its engine,

• Drag

• Lift

• wings

• thrust

It took a while to design a _________ with the right shape to be able to pull a plane forward.

• Wing

• Rudder

• Elevator

• propeller